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Other lives

Obituaries pages traditionally describe and celebrate the lives of the great and good, the famous and infamous. There is another type of life that deserves noticing: people less in the public eye, or lives lived beyond formal recognition. To offer a piece to Other Lives, contact us here.

3 November 2026

  • Jim Hardy, with grey hair, sits indoors

    Jim Hardy obituary

    Other lives: Chemistry teacher who set up a school karting team and ran it for more than 50 years

2 November 2026

  • John Taylor, bald and bearded, wearing glasses and a pink shirt, smiles at the camera

    John Taylor obituary

  • Ruth Brook smiles broadly

    Ruth Brook-Klauber obituary

1 November 2026

  • Tony Sharps at Lambourne End Centre for Outdoor Learning in Essex, where he was a farm and site manager

    Tony Sharps obituary

    Other lives: Manager of community farms who enjoyed helping people get closer to nature

30 October 2026

  • Elfi Evans treated all kinds of animals, and later in his veterinary career specialised in the diseases of sheep

    Elfi Evans obituary

  • Roy Moxham, wearing a button-down shirt, sits indoors gazing thoughtfully to the side

    Roy Moxham obituary

29 October 2026

  • Ike Ong, smiling, wears glasses and a plaid shirt while gesturing with his hand

    Ike Ong obituary

    Other lives: Co-founder of Skoob Books, a secondhand bookshop in London

28 October 2026

  • Daniel Ridgeway, smiling with curly grey hair and glasses, stands indoors near a plant

    Danny Ridgeway obituary

    Other lives: Further education teacher who boosted the ratings of Bexley College

26 October 2026

  • Andrew Willsmore, with grey wavy hair and a beard, wears round sunglasses and a denim jacket outdoors

    Andrew Willsmore obituary

    Other lives: Documentary film editor at the BBC who won Baftas for his work on The Duty Men and The Apprentice

25 October 2026

  • Norman Graves, balding and wearing glasses, speaks in profile view

    Norman Graves obituary

  • Neville Fay with the ancient olive tree of Vouves, in Crete

    Neville Fay obituary

23 October 2026

  • Colin Sherriff

    Colin Sherriff obituary

  • Paddy Donnelly, with glasses and a beard

    Paddy Donnelly obituary

22 October 2026

  • Terry Lee studies a textured painting of flowers on an easel in a dim studio

    Terry Lee obituary

    Other lives: Artist and art teacher who was originally associated with the Kitchen Sink painters of the 1950s

21 October 2026

  • John Staley, with a white beard and glasses, looks across a hilltop landscape

    John Staley obituary

    Other lives: Field director for Oxfam in India who went on to be a lecturer in development studies in Birmingham

20 October 2026

  • Nini Rodgers smiles leaning on the railing of Chirk Aqueduct, arches and trees below

    Nini Rodgers obituary

    Other lives: History lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast with a special focus on Ireland’s involvement in slavery
  • Nicholas Davey, with a grey beard and navy beanie, looks at the camera outdoors

    Nicholas Davey obituary

    Other lives: Philosopher who helped bring German ideas to English readers
  • Lynn Donkin in the 1960s

    Lynn Donkin obituary

    Other lives: Special needs teacher and fervent campaigner for the assisted dying movement

19 October 2026

  • Jim Churm, an elderly man with glasses, stands outdoors near a stone wall and caravan

    Jim Churm obituary

  • David Perman, in a flat cap and green jacket, smiles outside a school building

    David Perman obituary

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